{"id":5695,"date":"2015-03-12T10:41:28","date_gmt":"2015-03-12T17:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/?p=5695"},"modified":"2021-01-08T19:38:46","modified_gmt":"2021-01-09T03:38:46","slug":"ferguson-is-dead-it-just-doesnt-know-it-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bone-in-the-throat.com\/Blog\/2015\/03\/12\/ferguson-is-dead-it-just-doesnt-know-it-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferguson is Dead, it just doesn’t know it yet."},"content":{"rendered":"

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By now you\u2019ve read or heard that two police officers were shot in Ferguson, MO last night.<\/p>\n

There are conflicting accounts about the aftermath. Some have said that protestors were taunting the police administering first aid. Other accounts say that the protesters scattered.<\/p>\n

Either way, Ferguson, MO is dead.<\/p>\n

Their police force is resigning in droves. The Chief is only the latest resignation. Digging around, you can find reports that say officer turnover is increasing and with good reason. It\u2019s not that the police department is a bad department per-se. It\u2019s any cop, but most especially any white cop taking a job in Ferguson is willingly strapping a target to their body.<\/p>\n

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Going in, an officer must know that he or she will be under a microscope for any arrest or shooting they\u2019re involved with. They know they\u2019ll have no backing from the public and no matter what, they\u2019ll be accused of excessive use of force, and simultaneously accused of not doing enough to protect the town.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m guessing Ferguson will disband their police force and then complain because St Louis PD isn\u2019t doing enough. The people of Ferguson will have what they wanted, all the bad cops will be gone\u2026 and so will all the good cops.\u00a0There are probably folks right now wondering if they should walk away from their homes because it doesn\u2019t take a genius to figure out what\u2019s coming.<\/p>\n

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Next, will come the gang bangers renting or squatting. Then comes the turf wars, drugs, burglaries, violence, \u00a0drive by shootings, and victims families wringing their hands asking, \u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n

The stigma of any police officer having \u201cFerguson, MO\u201d in their service records, the heightened danger, coupled with any incident in Ferguson being a career destroyer, will further slow police response. After all, why be involved in an incident, when you can show up and hour later and just clean up the mess?<\/p>\n

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These factors will create fertile crime zones and what was once a nice suburb will become yet another wasteland. Today, no bank in their right mind will loan money to open businesses in Ferguson, at this point I doubt that any insurers will issue policies either. So tax revenue, and local stores will dry up, then in time, Ferguson itself will cease to exist.<\/p>\n

Through all of this there will be lots of blood. Black folks, White folks, Police, Firefighters, and even the occasional tourist who gets lost on the way to see the St Louis Arch. All these people will bleed, suffer and many will die over the next five, ten, or twenty years.<\/p>\n

All of it for nothing. Except building the careers of men who didn\u2019t live in Ferguson, but who saw an opportunity to exploit the town and it\u2019s people.<\/p>\n

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In the end Ferguson will look like Detroit, or Berlin after the blitz.<\/p>\n

Eric Holder will be living in luxury on a government pension. Al Sharpton will be dancing on the graves of yet another \u201cRacism\u201d\u00a0crisis.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ll both have long since forgotten about Ferguson. They\u2019ll forget all the blood spilled, the racial flames fanned, and the town destroyed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By now you\u2019ve read or heard that two police officers were shot in Ferguson, MO last night. There are conflicting accounts about the aftermath. Some have said that protestors were taunting the police administering first aid. Other accounts say that the protesters scattered. Either way, Ferguson, MO is dead. Their police force is resigning in … <\/p>\n

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